Texas Students to Speak Live With Space Station Crew

Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA’s…

Cloud streets off of the Aleutian Islands

Strong winds polished the snow of southwestern Alaska and stretched marine stratocumulus clouds into long, parallel…

Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires

Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In…

NASA’s J-2X Engine Kicks Off 2012 With Powerpack Testing

A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space…

NASA’s Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets.

Toronto teens send Lego man high into the sky

Two Toronto high-school students have sent a flag-carrying Lego man to the final frontier — or…

Gingrich wants base on moon

Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich has called for a base on the moon and an expanded…

RAIDRS space control facility under construction at Pete

Moonrise from the ISS

Moonrise as captured by ESA astonaut, Andre Kuipers, from onboard the ISS. Kuipers is flight engineer…

André records his brain waves

ESA astronaut André Kuipers is conducted many experiments during his PromISSe mission. Here, André is recording…